The City of Calgary Land Use Bylaw 1P2007

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PART 5: LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS

Division 7: Residential – Narrow Parcel One Dwelling (R-1N) District

Purpose

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459 The Residential – Narrow Parcel One Dwelling District is intended to accommodate residential development in the form of Single Detached Dwellings in the Developing Area on narrow or small parcels.

Permitted Uses

460 The following uses are permitted uses in the Residential – Narrow Parcel One Dwelling District:

a Accessory Residential Building;

a.1 Home Based Child Care – Class 1;

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b Home Occupation – Class 1;

c Park;

d Protective and Emergency Service;

d.1 Secondary Suite;

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e Sign – Class A;

f Single Detached Dwelling; and

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g deleted

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h Utilities.

Discretionary Uses

461 1 The following uses are discretionary uses in the Residential – Narrow Parcel One Dwelling District:

a Addiction Treatment;

a.1 Assisted Living;

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a.2 Backyard Suite;

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b Bed and Breakfast;

c Community Entrance Feature;

d Custodial Care;

d.1 deleted

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e Home Occupation – Class 2;

f Place of Worship – Small;

g Power Generation Facility – Small;

h Residential Care;

h.1 deleted

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h.2 deleted

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h.3 deleted

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i Sign – Class B;

j Sign – Class C;

k Sign – Class E;

l Temporary Residential Sales Centre; and

m Utility Building.

2 The following is an additional discretionary use if located wtihin an existing approved building:

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a Child Care Service.

Rules

462 In addition to the rules in this District, all uses in this District must comply with:

a the General Rules for Low Density Residential Land Use Districtsreferenced in Part 5, Division 1;

b the Rules Governing All Districts referenced in Part 3; and

c the applicable Uses And Use Rules referenced in Part 4.

Number of Main Residential Buildings on a Parcel

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463 The maximum number of main residential buildings on a parcel is one.

Parcel Width

464 1 The minimum parcel width is:

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a 7.5 metres for a parcel containing a Single Detached Dwelling;

b 9.0 metres for a parcel containing a Backyard Suite or Secondary Suite, unless otherwise referenced in subsection (c), and

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c 7.5 metres for a parcel containing a Backyard Suite or Secondary Suite where;

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i It is located on a corner parcel or laned parcel; and

ii 3.0 or more motor vehicle parking stalls are provided on the parcel.

2 The maximum parcel width is 11.6 metres unless the parcel is:

a a corner parcel;

b a parcel on the bulb of a cul-de-sac; or

c a parcel with a front property line shared with a street at a point where the street has a significant change in direction.

Parcel Depth

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465 The minimum parcel depth is 22.0 metres.

Parcel Area

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466 The minimum area of a parcel is 233.0 square metres.

Parcel Coverage

467 1 Unless otherwise referenced in subsections (2), (3) and (4), the maximum parcel coverage is 50.0 per cent of the area of a parcel.

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2 Unless otherwise referenced in subsections (3) and (4), the maximum parcel coverage is 60.0 per cent of the area of a parcel where:

a the area of a parcel is less than 300.0 square metres; and

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b the parcel width is less than 8.7 metres.

3 Unless otherwise referenced in subsection (4), the maximum parcel coverage is 45.0 per cent of the area of a parcel where the parcel width is greater than 11.0metres.

4 The maximum parcel coverage referenced in subsections (1), (2) and (3) must be reduced by 21.0 square metres for each required motor vehicle parking stall that is not located in a private garage.

Building Setback Areas

468 The minimum depth of all setback areas must be equal to the minimum building setback required in sections 469, 470 and 471.

Building Setback from Front Property Line

469 The minimum building setback from a front property line is:

a 2.0 metres for a laned parcel; and

b 3.0 metres for a laneless parcel.

Building Setback from Side Property Line

470 1 For a laned parcel, the minimum building setback from any side property line is 1.2 metres.

2 For a laneless parcel, the minimum building setback from any side property line is:

a 1.2 metres; or

b 3.0 metres on one side of the parcel, when no provision has been made for a private garage on the front or side of a building.

3 For a corner parcel, the minimum building setback from a side property line shared with a street is 1.2 metres, provided there is no portion of a building, except for a projection allowed in 337(3), located within 3.0 metres of:

a the back of the public sidewalk; or

b the curb where there is no public sidewalk.

4 The building setback required in subsection 2(b) may be reduced where the owner of the parcel proposed for development and the owner of the adjacent parcel register, against both titles, an exclusive private access easement:

a where the width of the easement, in combination with the reduced building setback, must be at least 3.0 metres; and

b that provides unrestricted vehicle access to the rear of the parcel.

5 One building setback from a side property line may be reduced to zero metres where:

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a the owner of the parcel proposed for development and the owner of the adjacent parcel register, against both titles, a minimum 1.5 metre private maintenance easement that provides for:

i a 0.30 metre eave encroachment easement with the requirement that the eaves must not be closer than 0.90 metres to the eaves on a building on an adjacent parcel; and

ii a 0.60 metre footing encroachment easement; and

b all roof drainage from the building is discharged through eavestroughs and downspouts onto the parcel on which the building is located.

6 deleted

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Building Setback from Rear Property Line

471 The minimum building setback from a rear property line is 7.5 metres.

Building Height

472 1 Unless otherwise referenced in subsection (2), the maximum building height is 10.0 metres.

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2 The maximum building height is 11.0 metres where:

a the area of the parcel is equal to or greater than 400.0 square metres;and

b the parcel width is equal to or greater than 10.0 metres.

Motor Vehicle Parking Stalls

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473 The minimum number of motor vehicle parking stalls is 2.0 stalls for a Single Detached Dwelling located on a parcel with a parcel width less than 9.0 metres.

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